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FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE SCHOOL
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE SCHOOL
Set in FLORAL PARK, New York, FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE SCHOOL is an expansive elementary campus, operated by FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It caters to 904 students across grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 104% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.
FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 1,578 students. FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
On demographics, FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE SCHOOL lists that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 21% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Nassau County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE SCHOOL logs 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 16% of students at FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Nassau County (around 31%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
With demographic context factored in, FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.3%, the actual is 72.4%, a residual of +3.1 points.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Nassau County indicate median household earnings sit near $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Nassau County runs 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), of which FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE SCHOOL is one.
PS/IS 295 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE SCHOOL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 64.2%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FLORAL PARK-BELLEROSE SCHOOL has held roughly steady, going from 886 students in 2018 to 904 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 67% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.
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